By the third week the baby’s heart begins to beat regularly and the foundations of the nervous system have been laid down. People would believe that abortion is wrong if the women wants to have an abortion at this time because the baby has life in it because of the heart beating and if the woman wanted the abortion, then is could be seen as a form of murder. God says, ‘I knew you even before you were formed.’ This tells me that abortion can be wrong and can be sometimes seen as a form of murder.
Different Christian Views
Different people have different views on abortion from others. Some believe it is right and others think it is wrong. A big majority of Christians believe that abortion is totally wrong, end of subject, but in other people’s cases and my own, believe that abortion is right in some cases but in some other cases, it is wrong.
In the case of rape, I believe that if the woman didn’t want it to happen and she wants to go through with a termination, then that is her choice but I believe that it is wrong.
The people that believe that abortion is wrong in every case will say that she should carry on and have the baby because the child is innocent and didn’t mean for that to happen. But, then again, the woman involved is innocent and didn’t mean for it to happen and should be able to have a termination if that’s what she wants. It also says in Jeremiah 7:6 ‘Do not shed innocent blood.’
If the child has a disability, then I believe that if the woman doesn’t believe that she can look after the baby and wishes to have it terminated, then abortion is totally wrong!
The reason that the woman wants to have a termination, is simply because the child has a disability, then that isn’t a good enough reason. For that reason, it’s unfair on the child involved because it is innocent, it can’t help having a disability and should have an equal opportunity of life.
If the woman/girl involved it too young to look after the child then people will say that if the woman/girl wants the abortion, then it would be wrong. People would see it like this because they would say that the girl shouldn’t be getting pregnant at that age and if she manages to, then she should take responsibility for it and look after it.
Faced with the issues of abortion, explain the different ways a Christian might respond
Pro Life: A belief that abortion is murder, as life begins at the moment of conception.
Pro Choice: A belief that the woman who is pregnant should make her own decision, after counselling, about whether or not to continue her pregnancy based on full information about all her options.
A big majority of Christians believe that abortion is totally wrong and are against it.
This is mainly because of the beliefs of the religion and the teachings. The Christian faith tells us that abortion is wrong in every case because, every human should have an equal right to life and should be able to live it. Christians basically see abortion as murder, because they believe that the life of a human being begins at conception and if a women wishes to go through with a termination, despite their age, is wrong and against the teachings of the faith. There are also many passages in the bible which teach us about abortion and how we should treat each individual’s life and in many of them it tells us that it is wrong.
Roman Catholic Teaching
Abortion is a sin in all cases no matter whether the woman/girl is too young to look after the child, the child has a deformity or the woman/girl was raped. Human life is said too begin at the moment of conception so abortion should not take place at any stage of the pregnancy.
Methodist Teaching
Circumstances which may often justify an abortion are direct threats to the life or health of the mother, or the probable birth of a severely abnormal child. The woman’s environment should be considered, including children for whom she is already responsible and offensive social conditions of bad housing and family poverty.
Church of England Teaching
The Church of England teaches people that all human life developing in the womb, is created by God in his own image and is, therefore, to be nurtured, supported and protected. The Catholic Church also tells its people the same message.
The Church of England is often compared with the Catholic Church. This according to the Catechism of the Catholic Church is that: human life must be respected and protected, from the moment of conception. From the first moment of the child’s existence, a human being must be recognised as having the rights of a person – among which is the inviolable right of every innocent being to life.
If a woman wants an abortion she should have one. Do you agree?
Different people have different views on abortion from others. Some believe it is right and others think it is wrong. A big majority of Christians believe that abortion is totally wrong, end of subject, but in other people’s cases and my own, believe that abortion is right in some cases but in some other cases, it is wrong.
In the case of rape, I believe that if the woman didn’t want it to happen and she wants to go through with a termination, then that is her choice but I believe that it is wrong.
The people that believe that abortion is wrong in every case will say that she should carry on and have the baby because the child is innocent and didn’t mean for that to happen. But, then again, the woman involved is innocent and didn’t mean for it to happen and should be able to have a termination if that’s what she wants. It also says in Jeremiah 7:6 ‘Do not shed innocent blood.’
If the child has a disability, then I believe that if the woman doesn’t believe that she can look after the baby and wishes to have it terminated, then abortion is totally wrong!
The reason that the woman wants to have a termination, is simply because the child has a disability, then that isn’t a good enough reason. For that reason, it’s unfair on the child involved because it is innocent, it can’t help having a disability and should have an equal opportunity of life.
If the woman/girl involved it too young to look after the child then people will say that if the woman/girl wants the abortion, then it would be wrong. People would see it like this because they would say that the girl shouldn’t be getting pregnant at that age and if she manages to, then she should take responsibility for it and look after it.
God is Sacred. Everything that God makes is special. If we destroy something that has been created by God we are disrespecting him. Life is something that is given by God and only he can take that away.
Some Christian texts and their meanings and morale.
In Genesis 1:26-27, God says ‘Let us make man in our own image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.’ This is telling us that God wants us to reproduce and have many children to make them in his image and likeness. If he is saying this to us and wanting us to reproduce then he must be saying that abortion is wrong.
In Exodus 20: 1-17, it says ‘You shall not murder.’ This is a clear, direct commandment given to every human from God and so this should followed. Murder is the intent to kill. So, therefore abortion should be seen as murder and goes against the wish of God. BUT:
Some people will argue that it isn’t murder as a foetus is not yet a person.
In Jeremiah 1:5 ‘Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.’ This is telling us that God knew each individual before we were born and that he had plans for us before we were born. This also tells us that abortion is wrong because he has a plan for us and expects us to live out our lives as a servant to God. To be like him and to spread the word of God.
In John 10:10 is says, ‘I have come that they may have life, and have it to the fullest.’
This is telling us that God has given each individual the right to live a full life and live it to the fullest and that if anyone is not to give that to someone’s, especially before they are born then that is wrong and totally against the wish of God.
Pro Life: A belief that abortion is murder, as life begins at the moment of conception.
Pro Choice: A belief that the woman who is pregnant should make her own decision, after counselling, about whether or not to continue her pregnancy based on full information about all her options.
I believe that abortion is wrong in all cases. The teachings of God and what he expects from every human being is that he wants each and ever single human to have an equal right to life and to live their life to the fullest. With abortion, the child that has been conceived has no choice about it and he won’t get an equal chance to life.
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